LONGUS. The pastoral loves of Daphnis and Chloe. Version of the Greek of Longus by Amyot revised by Paul-Louis Courier. With figures by Coypel, the Regent Philippe d'Orléans, Monsiau, Prud'hon and Regnault. Paris, Horizons de France, 1947. In-4 paperback, filled printed cover, in slipcase. 8th work of the Collection "Le Livre et l'Estampe". Edition at 3125 copies (+80 hc); n°M105 of the hundred on Vélin du Marais, accompanied by a suite of engravings on Vélin Pur Fil Outhenin Chalandre. A good copy.

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